ABOUT THE SOUND TIGERS: Bridgeport finally won Friday, beating Adirondack 3-2 on the road in overtime. That ended a team-record winless streak at 12. ... Seven players returned from the New York Islanders on Monday. Six played Friday; RW Mike Halmo scored the tying goal, and C Johan Sundstrom got the winner from LW John Persson. ... D Ryan Pulock, a first-round draft pick last year, played his second game and got his first assist.

ABOUT THE WOLF PACK: Hartford beat Springfield 2-1 at home Friday. RW Danny Kristo and C Oscar Lindberg scored goals. ... G David LeNeveu had 37 saves. ... The Wolf Pack have won eight out of nine, including a seven-game winning streak that began with two wins against Bridgeport last month. ... The Wolf Pack missed the playoffs for the second year in a row, the first time that's happened in the team's 17 seasons. They've only missed the playoffs three times in all.